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Roadside Attractions

A cream-colored accent lets visitors to Arizona's Coconino National Forest know they have reached the Red Rock Ranger Station.

The Unsung Ranger Behind the U.S. Forest Service's Iconic Signs

Career ranger Virgil "Bus" Carrell had no design training, but "really gave a damn," say experts, about his lasting legacy.

Greg Christensen April 12, 2021

Corbin, Kentucky

Harland Sanders Cafe and Museum

The first KFC is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Bombay Beach, California, 2018.

roadside attractions

Seeing America Through Its Roadside Signs

A photographer captured the handmade, the unusual, the downright puzzling.

Pearse Anderson June 18, 2025

Marlborough, Connecticut

Snake Rock

This roadside wonder is as mysterious as it is beloved.

Take a Rock, Leave a Sock!

Nashville, Indiana

The Sock Barn

Where hikers on the Tecumseh Trail can exchange a dirty sock for a free geode.

Lee's Legendary Marbles & Collectables

Lee's Legendary Marbles & Collectables

Visitors to this museum will uncover a whimsical collection of marbles from across time.

Joshua Tree, California

World Famous Crochet Museum

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

East Greenville, Pennsylvania

Rainbow Tomatoes Garden

This roadside stand packs 300-plus varieties of tomatoes, from "Maiden's Fire" to "Kaleidoscopic Jewel."

Balladonia, Australia

BallaGNOMEia

Gnomes have taken over a rest stop on Australia's longest straight road.

Murray Town, Australia

Charlie's Aeroplane

One man’s legacy soars high on the wings of a miniature plane.

There are lots of big creatures at the Porter Sculpture Park.

7 Inexplicably Huge Animals in South Dakota

50 States of Wonder

The service station in Ukiah, California, photographed in 1991, is made from the trunks of giant redwoods.

roadside attractions

Fuel Your Imagination With Glorious Photos of Odd Gas Stations

This isn’t a good time for cross-country car rides. Good thing John Margolies took a camera on his many road trips.

Jessica Leigh Hester June 18, 2025

Video • Wonder From Home

Show & Tell With the Genius Behind America’s Best Roadside Attraction

Entrance to the yokai tunnel.

Yokai Yashiki (Monster and Stone Museum)

Hidden by the roadside in the Iya Valley, this gem brings together folk monsters and the region's unique geography.

Bath Road Heronry Photographers

Peninsula, Ohio

Bath Road Heronry

Beside a busy highway, a colony of Great Blue Herons raises hundreds of offspring each year.

The old Esso station.

Landrum, South Carolina

Silver Springs Filling Station

Replica of an old Esso filling station, complete with Wayne gravity pump and outhouse.

Cherry Valley, New York

The Tepee

Take a trip back to the 1950s and the heyday of the road trip along Historic Route 20.

Newberry Springs, California

Bagdad Cafe

The set location for a 1987 cult classic draws international film buffs to the middle of the Mojave Desert.